Course Overview

Students will be able to speak and write compositions about what they think of the highly specialized things they read for class.

Learning Achievement

Students will be able to:
・read news articles etc. and write appropriate summaries of them based on certain understanding of contents and structure.
・read materials such as narratives, essays etc. and write an opinion essay or short paper about them.
・write a clear, well-structured composition mindful of their target reader.

Competence

1. Communication ability, 2. Ability for critical and creative thinking, and 4. Broad perspective and international character

Course prerequisites

Students must possess reading comprehension skills that allow them to understand news articles, and have writing skills and knowledge of kanji and vocabulary to be able to write about these. A level equivalent to Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level N1 is desirable.

Grading Philosophy

Compositions 30%, Midterm review report 30%, Final report 40%

Course schedule

Week 1: Orientation/Level check
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes; composition writing practice.
Weeks 2 to 15:
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes; composition writing practice.
Week 1: Orientation/Level check
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 1
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 2
Composition writing practice 1
Composition writing practice 2
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 3
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 4
Composition writing practice 3
Review 1
Midterm report
Composition writing practice 4
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 5
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 6
Composition writing practice 5
Composition writing practice 6
Reading comprehension and content questions; exercises on vocabulary, expressions, and sentence patterns for writing purposes 7
Review 2
Final report

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Chen Hsiang

Other information

Compositions are assigned as homework and must be submitted accordingly. Students are expected to actively participate in pair/group activities while lesson.
The class content may change to the students' needs.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university